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Who Owns the Waterways?
One of the most intricate problems
Involved, and one which must be
cleared before we have gone far with
the management of water power, is
that of the ownership of running wa
ter- a matter to which both congr-">s3
and the "upreme court liiv<! given
considerable timo with very incon
clusive results. Under old conditions,
when the erection of a dam was the
whole apparatus of power develop
ment, the man who owned the dam
site was considered by that possession
1o own the power in the water during
the time it was passing his land.
When water power was the only pow
er, and larger development was neces
sary, this dam owner was given the
right to take for flowage the lands of
his immediate neighbors, for a fair
price. But now that we have passed
far beyond that stage, to a time when
the improvement of a river begins at
the fountain from which it springs
and in the forests which cover the
slopes of the surrounding hills, we
can no longer follow this old proce
dure. The work which is done at
head waters actually creates a power,
declares J. 1,. Mathews in the Atlantic,
since it enlarges and steadies the
flow; and that power is possible of
utilization over and over again, for
every foot of fall from the fountain to
the sea. The supreme court has often
held that the government has but a
navigation right in streams, and that
the states themselves own the water,
and the land-owners the use for pow
er. But old usage must give way to
new needs, and a new body of law de
scribing and establishing the own< r
sl.ip and the extent of the several
rights in a river is one of the urgent
needs of the new movement.
State universities, at the request of
their professors, are to benefit by the
Carnegie pension fund. Ten million
dollars were originally given as an
endowment for pensions for profes
sors in unsectarian colleges. Colleges
supported by churches and by the
states were omitted, on the ground
that if pensions were to be provided,
the\ might well come from those who
maintain the institutions. Many col
leges, nominally denominational, have
given evidence that they are unsec
tarian, and have been admitted to the
benefits of the fund, and the National
Association of State Universities pe
titioned for the enjoyment of the pen
sion provisions. It set forth four
reasons, the chief of which were that
in the absence of pension allowances
the state universities would find it
difficult to compete with the other
colleges for first-class professors, and
that the prospect of pensions paid by
the states was remote, as it would
involve the acceptance of the policy of
pensioning state ofiicers. .Mr. Car
negie lias admitted the force of their
argument by adding 85,000.00(1 <o the
original fund, so that the state insti
tutions may benefit. But processors in
such universities will not be pen
sioned unless the state legislature and
the governor join in the application
that they be admitted to the founda
tion.
Mr. Asquith, the new British pre
mier, was a lucky "find" by Mr, Glad
stone. He entered parliament in
188 G. A single speech, which proved
his power as a debater, led Mr. Glad
stone, in 1892, to offer him the impor
tant post of home secretary, with a
seat in the cabinet, although he had
not previously held any office. He re
mained at the home office until the
Rosebery government was defeated in
1895; was in the opposition ten years,
and has been chancellor of the ex
chequer since December, 1905. Me
has therefore served bu live years
and three months in all as an officer
tf the crown. To have attained the
chief place in the government by two
Mi is, and in so short a time, is ai
n.o!: unprecedented.
"Always ready for sea duty, but.
a!:aid of social festivities," is the way
the wife of Admiral Evans recently
characterized her distinguished hus
band. Medical science would probably
agree that the admiral has discovered
which ie the greater danger of the
two.
TREATY WITH JAPAN
TIMELY ACTION OF THE SECRE
TARY OF STATE. |
|
Diplomatic Achievement, with Others,
Places Him in the Front Rank of
Statesmen and Reflects
Credit on Party.
The remarkable diplomatic activity
of the present secretary of state has
been brought to public attention many
times of late. If the United States has
become a world power during the last
decade it is proving that fact through
peaceful channels of international
agreement rather than by the threat
ening arm of military or maritime
force.
The secretary has extended personal
greetings to South American republics.
He has met with cordial reception in
Canada. He has been btrsy with the
author of the"American Common
wealth" in attempts to solve every
problem which has arisen in the field
of British-American relationships, lie
has negotiated arbitration treaties
with France, Spain, Norway, Portu
gal and Switzerland. The completed
record of his achievements is certain
to place him in a high position among
the distinguished men who have oc
cupied the governmental department
which is counted first in cabinet rank.
The news con '» <l' tht arrange
mtnt of a gt neral arbitration treaty
with Japan. This convention is sim
ilar to those already mentioned. It is
based upon the 'recommendations of
The Hague conference, it provides for
the settlement by arbitration of all
disputes of a legal nature or in regard
to construction of existing treaties. It
does not touch questions of vital inter
est, such as the independence or the
honor of the nations involved. It does
nut cover the adjustment of difficulties
where the interests of a third state
are involved. In a sense it is of sec
ondary importance in a diplomatic
view.
Rut it is the first arbitration treaty
arranged between the United State*
and Japan. It has its value just now
as a rebuke to those who would foster
unpleasant relationships between the
two countries. The quiet and thought
ful citizen of the United States has no
patience with the jingoism which
seeks to stir up bitterness in the Pa
cific. To such this arbitration treaty
will be welcome.
Asserting Confidence.
Discussing the recent $10,000,000
loan of the Pennsylvania road, the
Philadelphia Ledger says that the as
pect of it that touches the public and
the business world is that the road lias
decided togo ahe.ad, notwithstanding
the stringency and lack of business,
and so to Indicate its faith in the re
turn of prosperity. It continues:
"For every stroke of evil fortune
there are usually two causes. One is
the real cause, which is lack of busi
ness, The other is the contributing
cause, which is doubt, timidity, lack of
faith due to pessimism and short
views. When the business current is
at a standstill and hesitant the voices
of the pessimists and acts of the pessi
mists might easily turn the tide or
prolong the sluggishness. Nothing is
the matter with the United States to
day except timidity and undue cau
tion. The crops promise well, the peo
ple must be clothed and fed, the farm
ers are becoming plutocrats and busi
ness will come with a rush when the
people are once convinced that this is
a mighty, a rich and prosperous nation,
whose wealth has not yet been im
paired and whose energy and enter
prises have not been paralyzed. If
the directors of other enterprises were
to take a like hopeful view and testify
to their belief by going ahead theve
would be no doubt of trfe effect in the
immediate future."
Present Need of Battle-Ships.
The naval appropriation bill as re
ported to the house authorizes the
construction of two battle-ships in
stead of the four asked for by the navy
department. Representative Hobson,
a member of the committee on naval
affairs, protests against this, and says
there should be six new battleships,
so as to keep Japan's ambition curbed.
The ambition of Japan does not
seem to need the curb at this time. If
smpJl appropriations for military pur
poses are an index of a pacific dis
position, Japan is not in a warlike
mood. That country has set apart
only 20 per cent, of the estimated reve
nues of the year for the army and
navy. It intends to spend on both
about what the United States proposes
to appropriate for tiie army. The
Japanese budget is inoffensive. There
is nothing in it to provoke the multi
plication of American battle-ships.
The Japanese government is not
dreaming of sea fights and conquests.
It is worrying over the threatened
Chinese boycott of Japanese goods.
Monument to Great Republican.
The bureau of American republics
was the concept of the late James G.
Blaine, whose broad view foresaw the
day when commercial interests would
bring the governments of this hem
isphere into close union, and who rec
ognized the necessity of establishing
mutual respect and confidence be
; tween them. The first Pan-American
conference held in Washington served
chiefly to disclose the necessity for a
stronger system of international com
munications. Out of that conference
grew the bureau of American repub
lics, which has amply justified all the
expectations of its founder and stands
to-day a monument to his memory. «
We trust Alton B. Parker is pre
pared to reciprocate the warm and ac
tive support .Mr. Bryan gave to his
candidacy in 1904.
CAMERON COUNTY PRES'S, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1908.
INQUIRY INTO WALL STREET.
P r opcscd Action of Interest to the
Ccuntry at Larg*.
While the American public will take
a sympathetic, interest in all the rec
ommendations of Gov. Hughes' mes
sage to the special session of the New
York legislature, one at least is ol
immediate practical concern to the
country at large. This is the recom
mendation for a commission to deter
mine the facts in relation to specula
tion in securities and commodities on
the New Yofk stock exchange.
Such a commission, properly eonsti
tilted, as it would be if made up by
Gov. Hughes, could undoubtedly upon
thorough and impartial investigation
provide a basis for wise and necessary
legislation which should protect legiti
-1 mate transactions and correct the
worst abuses now existent. Regulation
in such matters is recognized by the
country at large as a delicate prob
lem, and there is no disposition to tam
per without knowledge.
The public has considerable excuse
for exaggerating the evils of Wall
street, and with good reason a deter-
J initiation is growing to check them.
I The business of the country is seri
| ously ccjmpromised by the flagrant
1 sins of a few. On the other hand, the
j true functions of the stock exchange
j are perhaps recognized more widely
j than ever, and the country, especially
| the west, wishes to mm snfc
| g.utrdod. J h<~ ill vt : [igat urn proposed
Iby Gov. lughi :< would help clarify the
atmosphere and probably would show
how much larger a proportion of legiti
mate business is trail, acted than i 3
generally believed.
This is work for the state of New
1 ork, not for the federal government.
The country has a right morally to de
mand that New York shall do what it
can under the law and in reason to
correct evils whose ultimate effects
aie as widespread as the world's
finance.
PAPER TRUST AND WAGES.
Good Reasons Why Schedules Were
Singled Out for Revision.
It has been asked why the white pa
per and wood pulp schedules should
have been singled out for separate ac
| tion in tariff revision. Testifying be
| fore the house committee which inves
tigated the paper industry, John Nor
! ris of the New York Times disclosed
| facts which should serve as an answer
j to this question.
After submitting evidence to show
j that upon an increase of 52 cents in
the cost of production the paper trust,
had raised the price to consumers sl2
I a ton with an intention, to put it up
; still higher, Mr. Norris made this sig
| nificant statement:
"Aside from these facts, which ar<
in themselves convincing, I submit to
| 'he committee the reports of the I'nl
-1 ted States bureau of labor, which show
that the pay of the paper workers in
IltOC., as compared with the pay for the
: jear before, was considerably reduced,
J and this state of affairs existed only in
j the paper industry."
If, in the face of a steady advance
i in the price of the output, itself far in
i excess of what was justified by an in
j crease in the cost of production, the
paper trust has decreased the pay o!
J the workers, and il' "this slate of uT
; fairs existed only in the paper Indus'
| try, there is ample reason for singlins
it out for separate action. Mr. Norris
1 was well supplied with documentarj
evidence to back up his contentions
The assertions pertaining to wages
were based upon government reports
This being the case it is up to tin
manufacturers to disprove those state
| ments.
Fleet Making Fine Record.
In view of the recent mishaps tf
i British and Japanese ships, the Ameri
can people have been somewhat nerv
ous about their own. But good fortuni
to a most remarkable degree has at
tended them. They have had com para
| lively little vicious weather and have
been able to steam on or beyonf
; schedule time in circling a continent
It is hoped that the return trip will h«
ar> eventless. Good handling of tlu
big vessels means much, but there ar»
j always circumstances like the parting
of the anchor chain of the Illinois thai
cannot be guarded against. The po
tential danger from the mass of explo
sivee carried is also ever present. P
is a satisfaction to know that 110 th
ing has been left undone to avoid pre
ventable accidents, it is also gratify
ing to believe that the American ships
in construction as well as in the safe
guarding <<f the magazines, are as wet
protected from internal explosions an(
fires as any ships afloat. Should th<
fleet make the return cruise withou l
loss of life or grave injury to any ves
sel, it will have created a record no l
only without parallel in naval enter
prise, but will finish an instance o'
immunity from casualties without par
allel in any land industry with equa
conditions of danger.
Army Pay Bill Wins.
The lower house of congress, by 1
vote of 13!» to 92, agreed to the confer
ence report on the army appropriatior
bill, thus insuring to the officers ant
privates in the regular service an an
tiual pay increase aggregating $7,000,
000.
The report did not go through with
out opposition. Mr. Hay of Virginit
voiced the ominous warning that with
in five years congress would be voting
an annual appropriation of no les;
than $25,000,000, and Mr. Tawney o
Minnesota likewise protested against
giving the officers a salary even ap
proximately adequate. But the bil
passed; that is the main point. And P
passed none to soon if the country is
|to maintain even a pretense of ;
j standing army.
ELECTRICAL STORM
SWEEPS THE WEST
EIGHTY FOOT CHIMNEY FALLS
ON HOTEL, INJURING SEV
ERAL PERSONS.
WORST STORM FOR YEARS.
The Gale Does Great Damage ts
Property and Crops in Kansas
and Surrounding
Country.
Chicago, 111. —A gale, which reached
a greater velocity than has been
recorded in Chicago for seven
years, Thursday night preceded an
electrical storm which did consider
able damage in various parts of the
city. Several persons were injured by
debris blown from buildings and a
church and half a score of other build
ings were struck by lightning.
The greatest single instance of dam
age occurred when an 80-foot iron
chimney was blown from the roof of
an eight rtory hui'ding at tt'J Lasalle
"reet. The chimney fell cross a
court, I) »aking v, in low; in (lie Bre
voot iiotel from the li to the sixth
stories, an 1 al o i ashed through a
s, y light in a restaurant adjoining,
une man was severely cut b v \ b-oken
glass and cores of quests in th ; hotel
and patroua of the restaurant were
thrown into a panic.
Topeka, Kan.—A terrific wind storm
passed over the southern part of
lewell county on Thursday night
and killed George llahn and injured
VJ. persons, seven of them probably
fatally. The storm traveled from the
southwest and was 150 yards wide. It
took everything in the path and scat
tered a number of houses, barns and
•small buildings over the prairie. The
property damaged will amount to
thousands of dollars and the damage
to the growing crops is large. The
Bowman house was picked up and car
ried across the street and dashed to
pieces against an embankment. The
members of the family were all in bed
and all were injured. The home of
Frank Crites was blown to pieces and
Crites was carried a quarter of a mile
and dropped In a. cemetery.
Guthrie, Okla. —Tornadoes swept
over the country adjacent to Hen
nf ss.v and Cashon on Thursday ami
wrought great damage to crops and
farm property. It is believed no lives
were lo.<t, although details are meager.
A cloudburst deluged Seward, south of
Guthrie Thursday afternoon. The Cot
tonwood river is rapidly rising.
Burlington, la. —A severe wind and
rain storm struck southeastern lowa
on Thursday. Trees were blown
lown. barns were wrecked, outhouses
leveled, chimneys demolished and
stock killed or injured.
SEVEN MEN ESCAPE FROM JAIL
Boy of 20 Overpowers the Sheriff
Then Robs Him of SIOO.
Steubenville, O. —With a leader
but 20 years old who overpow
ered Sheriff D. F. Vorhees, seven
prisoners escaped Thursday night
from the county jail here and have not
heen captured. The fugitives are:
lOniniet Coulter, leader, held 011 a lar
ceny charge: Charles Mcßee, robbery;
Mike l.evidi. cutting with intent to
kill; Tenv Nace, cutting with intent to
kill; John McCrea, murderous assault;
Fred Eli, robbery and larceny; Jack
Wind, violating liquor laws. With 15
minutes' start, of the officers, the men,
it is thought, started towards Pitts
burg. When Sheriff Vorhees entered
the corridor to lock the cells for the
night he was knocked down and his
keys were taken from him. The pris
oners also took SIOO from the sheriff's
pockets and divided it.
THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
Proceedings of the Senate and House
of Representatives.
Washington.—Very little was done
by either the house or senate on the
27th outside of discussion of or action
on the currency question. Under sus
pension of rules the house passed a
bill amending the tariff law of the
Philippine Islands.
Washington.—The Aldrich-Vreeland
compromise bill passed the house on
the 2Sth by a vote of H>6 to 140.
Death Threat sent by Mail.
Cleveland, O. —-Two letters bringing
warnings of death if money is not
placed under the Lake Shore railroad
tracks near his home within three
days have been received by Pasquale
Coreno. The first letter, demanding
S2OO, was received three weeks ago.
Coreno armed himself and notified the
police. The second missive was re
ceived Wednesday at Coreno's barber
shop on West Eleventh street.. In it
the price for life was set at SIOO.
Thinks Jewel Thief Taken.
Alliance, O. —While picking the
pocket of a farmer Thursday, it is
alleged, a man said to be Richard Jeff
ries. alias "Dick" Jackson, alias Geo.
Davis, was arrested by detectives. He
Ib wanted for burglaries in Columbus
and New Orleans.'
$25,0C0 Fire at Hillsboro.
Springfield, O. —A fire at Hills
boro on Thursday night caused a
loss of $25,000, with about half insur
uice. Two stable boys had narrow
escapes.
BIG GUNS DID NOT DISABLE
MONITOR FLORIDA WITHSTANDS
TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT.
Fired at Short Range—Navy Test at
Hampton Roads Proves Resisting
Powers of Armor.
Old Point Comfort, Va. —The big
gest naval gun, the heaviest pro
jectile and the highest explosive
known, combined with close range and
deadly aim, were allowed to work
their full havoc on the turret plate of
the monitor Florida in Hampton
Roads on Wednesday. The result is
declared to be a victory for turret
construction and this notwithstanding
the 11-inch hardened steel plate was
blackened, broken, the seams of the
turret sprung and the rivets and
screws loosened and twisted.
It was not five minutes after the
terrible impact that the finely bal
anced mechanism of the turret was
being worked with ease and the 12-
inch gun on the left side was trained
at will. Inside the turret where stand
the gunners and gun crew the havoc
was much less apparent than from the
outside. Examination showed that of
the many delicately adjusted instru
ments for fire control, sighting and
operating the turret, Jew if any T/ere
out of woiking order.
Then followed a futile attempt to
destroy the newly designed fighting
mast erected on the stern 0/ the I'lor
ida. After tive shots from the Arkan
sas' guns had ripping through it, the
mast still stood firm.
The Florida hail been in the hands
of experts for some time. Striking
in her appearance was the "leaning
tower" on her stern, the woven pipe
military mast, resembling a huge
waste paper basket. On top of its 125
feet of height was a broad platform.
Just 342 yards from the Florida lay
her sister ship, the Arkansas.
The turret of the Florida was swung
around so that her guns and those of
the Arkansas looked squarely at each
other. More than an hour of gun
training followed before a 12-inch
projectile was fired.
It broke through the turret plate
from the gun port to the edge just
above and just below where the shell
struck. The broken piece was driven
Into the turret several inches, but not
the thickness of the plate, so that no
hole was actually made.
TWO DROWNED, FIVE SAVED
Five People Picked Up at Sea in Open
Launch—Had Drifted Several Days.
Avalon, Island of Santa Catalina,
Cal. —Capt. A. Crist of the launch
/Cetis of Avalon and C. E. 1 loo
line, ordinary seaman on the Unit
ed States converted cruiser Buffalo,
were drowned and E. E. Easton ami
wife and two small children and a col
ored nurse were rescued l>y the Buf
falo on the high seas after drifting
helplessly for two days in a launch.
Easton is a former war correspondent.
On May IT Easton engaged Capt.
Crist and his launch Zeus at Avalon
for a camping trip of several days at
San Cleniente islands, HO miles south
of Santa Catalina island. Sunday they
boarded the Zeus and started to re
turn to Avalon. The craft encountered
a heavy sea that night and when day
dawned Monday Easton found that
Capt. Crist was missing from the
launch, together with the small row
boat towed at the stern. The gasoline
engine of the launch was still running,
but Easton knew nothing of its
mechanism. The boat drifted all day
Monday, Monday night and Tuesday
and the family were carried far out to
sea. Tuesday evening the crusier
Buffalo. Capt. Pond, sighted the little
craft with the occupants wildly waving
signals of distress.
MONEY BURIED IN MINE
Stockholders Will Have Hard Time
Getting It Out.
Chicago, 111. —The Amador Mining
ami Development Co. of Montana,
a 810,000,000 corporation with head
quarters at Chicago, has come to an
end. The copper-gold mine in which
has been sunk $650,000 is worthless.
The majority of stock was owned by
residents of Chicago. There also are
a large number of stockholders in
Pittsburg, where the company had H'
branch office, and in Boston, where the
secretary and general manager, D. E.
MacKinnon, has had headquarters.
Boston, Mass. —D. E. MacKinnon,
secretary and general manager of the
Amador Mining and Development Co.
of Montana, is not known in financial
circles here.
Hamby Got Three Years.
Cleveland, O. —J. W. Hamby, 3fi
years old, real estate operator, was
sentenced by Judge Beacom Wednes
day to three years in the penitentiary
at hard labor. Hamby was sentenced
on the indictment charging he ob
tained SII,OOO from G. E. Rose under
false pretense. Three years is thf
maximum sentence.
Ten Killed by Tornadoes.
Wichita, Kan.—Ten dead, 12 in
jured, hundreds of cattle killed, a
vast acreage of crops destroyed and
many buildings wrecked are the re
sults of a series of tornadoes that vis
ited Alfalfa county, Okla.
Admiral Crowninrhield Is Dead.
Philadelphia, Pa. —Admiral A. S.
Orowninshield IT. S. N., retired,
died at the Episcopal hospital Here
Wednesday. He never recovered
from the shock of an operation per
formed some time ago.
JEROME GOES
ON WMH
DEFENDS HIMSELF AGAINST
CHARGES OF DERE
LICTION.
SAYS HE DID HIS FULL DUTY
New York's District Attorney Avers
His Course as Public Prosecutor
Has Been Guided by Law
and Conscience.
Ellzabetlitown, N. Y.—District At
torney Jerome was the central fig
ure on Tuesday in the final proceed
ings here before Commissioner Hand,
appointed by Gov. Hughes to hear tes
timony in connection with the charges
of dereliction in the performance of
the district, attorney's official duties.
Mr. Jerome began his summing up
after the filing of a brief by Franklin
Pierce, attorney for the complainants.
He presented no brief on his own be
half. but will file one for Commission
er Hand's perusal at the conclusion of
the hearing. The district attorney's
argument occupied the entire day's
session.
He launched Into a lengthy analysis
o! the motives which animated those
most active in bringing the charges
against him. He said the procc< Jinga
were "flimsy and mendacious."
"I have lived all my life in the city
of New York," said the district attor
ney, "and the 16 best years of my life
there were given to the public service.
Twice I have run for office in that city
and have been elected, the last time
against every political party and all
alone; and I consider that I was elect
ed to exercise my judgment in the dis
charge of the duties of that office and
not the judgment of irresponsible edi
tors of yellow journals and what they
might say I ought to do. The duties
laid upon me in that office and which
I have striven to discharge were
these: To be fair and just, to apply
one law to all persons, not one law to
the poor man and another to the rich.
I have stood under great pressure be
fore that grand jury room as a south
ern sheriff has often stood before a
southern jail when he knows that the
prisoner within is guilty and worthy
of punishment, but will allow him to
be punished only as the law requires."
Regarding the charge that he had
refused to advise the grand jury to in
dict George W. Parkins, in the so
called $50,000 political contribution
case, Mr. Jerome said:
"It was perfectly plain that Bryan's
election would have been followed by
a shrinkage in the value of the securi
ties of the New York Life Insurance
Co. of 10 to 12 iter cent., so that with
$450,000,000 worth of securities this
contribution by Mr. Perkins was a
shrewd movement even if illegal. But
was it illegal? There was abundant
evidence that the officials of almost
every financial institution in New
York City had contributed to the Re
publican party committee to help de
feat Bryan, so that if Perkins was
guilty, then I had my work cut out for
nie good and plenty for a year or more
ahead. I tried to get a judicial de
cision in the matter. Judge O'Sulli
van refused to take it up and decide it.
"The Judiciary of New York City
was as scared as anybody in New-
York. because it was on one hand J.
Pierpont Morgan's partner and on the
other hand the yellow journals."
ELECTION OF BISHOPS.
New Dignitaries Named, M. E. Con
ference Turns to Other Things.
Baltimore, Md. —The Episcopal elec
tion of the Methodist Episcopal gen
eral conference of 1008 is now a
matter of history and when announce
ment was made late today of the se
lection of the eighth and last bishop
very many of the delegates heaved
sighs of relief.
The new bishops, in the order of
their election, and the number of votes
each received on tlie electing ballot,
are as follows: Rev. Dr. W. F. Ander
son of New York, secretary of the
board of education, Freedmans' Aid
and Sunday schools, 540 votes; Rev.
Dr. J. L. Nuelsen, professor in Nast
Theological seminary, Berea. 0., 540
votes; Rev. Dr. \V. A. Quayle, pastor
of St. James' church, Chicago, 519
votes; Rev. Dr. Charles W. Smith, ed
itor of the Pittsburg Christian Advo
cate, 511 votes; Rev. Dr. Wilson S.
Lewis, president of Morningside col
lege, Sioux City, la., 524 votes; Rev.
Dr. Edwin H. Hughes, president of De
Pauw university, Green Castle, Ind.,
511 votes; Rev. Dr. Robert Mclntyre,
pastor of the First church, Los
Angeles, Cal., 514 votes, and Rev. Dr.
Frank M. Bristol, pastor of the Met
ropolitan church, Washington, D. C.,
4P3 votes. The bishops-elect will be
consecrated at a special service which
will be held on Sunday afternoon at
the Lyric.
Fatal Shooting in Texas.
Mineral Wells, Tex—W. E. Mc-
Connell, one of the most prominent
attorneys of the state and a former
member of the state legislature, was
shot and killed today by T. J. Pear
son at the home of the latter here.
Killed Guard Trying to Escape.
Baton Rouge, La. —Two life con
victs, in a desperate attempt to
escape from the state convict camp In
West Baton Rquge parish Tuesday,
killed one guard and wounded two
others. They were recaptured.